Late surge keeps Derry on track

Derry 0-14 Longford 0-05

Enda Lynn opened the scoring for the hosts but Longford equalised with a superb score from their best forward, Bernard McElvaney. He was to land three brilliant efforts from play and Longford were well in the game at half-time, trailing 0-5 to 0-2.

The gap was narrower still by the threequarters stage when Glenn Ryan’s side pulled themselves back to within two, 0-6 to 0-4.